The Village Harvest, July 18, 2018 (full size gallery)
Mid-summer at St. Peter’s, July 18, 2018, the monthly food distribution with the Village Harvest. The weather was much better than the rain from the previous two months. The weather was temperate with temperatures in the mid 80’s under brilliant sunshine. We had a variety of help transporting and organizing the food including visiting priest Luis Garcia and his family from the Dominican Republic. He is our celebrant this Sunday
1,490 pounds of food were distributed which included a wide variety – 588 pounds of fresh produce, 463 pound of grocery items, 322 pounds of meat and 40 pounds of bakery items. While a significant number, it is under average this year’s average of 1,617 pounds. Still it is 121% greater than the same period a year ago. Parishioners are contributing school supplies this month and next.
Food went to 119 families, the largest number since April. The average food received was 12.52 pounds of food with a value of $75. For year we have served on average 120 people a month under last year’s 142. We have been down in numbers about 15%. One difference besides weather earlier in the year is that people are not being contacted directly this year to remind them of the Harvest.